Tobacco-pipe.



J. N. P. FOURNIEB.

TOBACCO PIPE.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 9, 1914.

1,1 33,015. Patented Mar. 23, 1915.

UMTED spares manna FMEJ JOSEPH 1v. PAUL FOURNIER, or $1. HYACINTHE, QUEBEC, CANADA.

TOBACCO-PIPE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed September 9, 1914. Serial No. 860,959.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JosErH N. PA FoURNmE, subject of the King of Great Britain, residing at St. Hyacinthe, Quebec, -I)ominion of Canada, have invented certain tobacco pipe having a removable perforated diaphragm or floor for holding the tobacco and ashes, and keeping them away from the bottom of the bowl, combined with a wick extending below the diaphragm into the space where the nicotin and liquid substances collect, and leading to the top of the bowl to absorb such substances and prevent their passing into the smoke passage leading through the stem.

The invention includes various features, such as the perforated diaphragm or grate above referred to, the absorbing wick, a movable grill with projections adapted to be brought into engagement with the perforations, to clear said perforations when they become clogged. The pipe may also have a spoon-shaped plate upon which the lower end of the wick rests tokeep the nicotin and liquid substances from touching the wood of i the pipe and being absorbed thereby even to a slight extent.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a side elevation with the bowl in section, of a pipe provided with my invention; Fig. 2 is a top plan view; Fig. 3 is a vertical section through the bowl at right angles tothe section of Fig. 1; Fig. 4 is a detached view of my improved attachment; Fig. 5 is a plan view of a portion of the diaphragm or grate with the supporting stem, wick tube and moving grill operating rod shown in section; Fig. 6 is a view of a modification.

In these drawings, 1 represents the bowl of the pipe, which may be of any suitable form and material. 2 is the stem and 3 the mouthpiece. The smoke passage is shown at 4.

My improved attachment comprises a vertical plate 5, adapted to be set into a recess in the bowl. A small angle-wire or rod 6 is secured to the bowl and swings around over the top of the vertical plate tohold the latter in position. 'The vertical plate 5 is formed hollow to receive a wick 7, which is threaded through it, and extends down to nearthe bottom-of the bowl below the smoke upper end, thewick tube has an opening 8,

having a flap valve 9 over it. Through this opening theliquid substances on the wick may ooze out, but the valve is kept normally closed by the suction of the smokers in- Pa'tented Mar. 23, 19 15.

halations, thus preventing a false draft through the wick tube. To the vertical plate 5 is attached a perforated diaphragm or grate 10, which extends across the bowl some distance above the bottom, so asto leave a smoke space below. it. This diaphragm orgrate forms a supportfor the tobacco in the bowl. To clear the perforations, which are apt to become clogged, I form in the plate 5, or attach thereto, a guiding tube 11 to receive a rod 12 to the lower endof-which is secured a plate 13 below the diaphragm 10. This plate 13 is normally pressed downwardly by a spring 14, and has projections 15 adapted'when 'the' rod 12 is raised (as shown in dotted lines in Fig.- 4), to pass through the perforations andclear them; A

singleplate lti may serve as the top of the vertical tube plate 5, and may be raised and lowered to raise and lower the wick and the plate carrying theprojections; or the rod 12 and the wick may be independently manipulated. To the lower end of the vertical plate 5 is also attached an oval or spoonshaped plate 17 bent to conform to the curve of the bottom of the bowl, and arranged below the stem smoke passage, so as to collect the nicotin and liquid substances. The lower end of the wick preferably rests on this spoon, instead of'on the bottom of the bowl. This spoon, however, may be omitted.

As a modification of the invention, I have shown inFig. 6 an arrangement in which I dispense with the grate or diaphragm 10, and form the spoon 17 with perforations and arrange the wick below it, although it might rest thereon. I

It will be seen that I have provided an attachment for a pipe in the use of which a perfect draft is afforded, clogging is prevented and greatest ease in cleaning results.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a pipe, the combination with the bowl, of a tube attached thereto extending to a point adjacent the bottom of the bowl, a tobacco supporting plate carried 'by said tube and adjacent the lower end thereof, and a wick extending through the tube adjacent thebottom of the bowl.

2. In a pipe, the combination with the bowl, of a perforated plate supported therein above the bottom of thebowl, a support for the same, a movable plate having projections engaging the perforations in said first plate to keep the same from clogging, and a wick tube carrying a wick extending into the bowl below the perforated plate. I 3. In a pipe, the combination with the bowl, of a perforated plate supported therein above the bottom of the bowl, a support for the same, a movable plate having proj ections engaging the perforations in said first plate to keep the same from clogging, a wick tube carrying a wick extending into the bowl below the perforated plate, and a plate below the wick for catching the nicotin.

4. In a pipe, the combination with the bowl, of a perforated plate supported therein above the bottom of the bowl, a support for the same, a movable plate having projections engaging the perforations, in said first plate to keep the same from clogging, a wick tube carrying a wick extending into the bowl below the perforated plate, a plate below the wick for catching the nicotin, an opening in the wick tube, and a valve to cover the same to prevent a false draft.

5. An attachment for smoking pipes comprising a vertical plate supported by the bowl and having a horizontal perforated plate above the bottomof the bowl, to support the tobacco, a wick tube carried by said vertical plate and carrying a wick extending into the bowl below the level of the stem opening and leading to the exterior of the bowl.

6. An attachment for smoking pipes, comprising a vertical plate supported by the bowl and having a horizontal perforated plate above the bottom of the bowl to support the tobacco, a wick tube carried by said vertical plate and carrying a wick extending into the bowl belowthe level of the stem opening and leading to the exterior of the bowl, and a normally spring-retracted plate with points adapted to engage and clean the perforations.

7. An attachment for smoking pipes, comprising a vertical plate supported by the bowl and having a horizontal perforated plate above the bottom of the bowl to support the tobacco, a wick tube carried by said vertical plate and carrying a wick extending into the bowl below the level of the stem opening and leading to the exterior of the bowl, a normally spring-retracted plate with points adapted to engage and clean the perforations, and a curved plate or spoon for catching the nicotin and upon which the lower end of the wick rests.

In testimony whereof, I affix my signature, in the presence of two witnesses.

JOSEPH N. PAUL FOUBNIER.

Witnesses:

N. H. DUBoIs, J. H. BEAUDET.

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